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November 4, 2008 edition
• Nov. 10 of each year marks a special occasion for Marines and their families across the globe. Honoring this year’s 233rd birthday for the Marine Corps, the Coolidge High School Marine Corps Junior ROTC cadets hosted a birthday ball no different than that of Marines today.
• The city of Coolidge Planning and Zoning Committee denied a proposal to open a five-bedroom halfway house “Recovery Home” in the 800 block of West Pima Avenue adjacent to Ninth Street during its Nov. 5 meeting at the Coolidge City Council Chambers. The room was packed as an overwhelming crowd of citizens and professionals attended to voice their concerns against the proposal.
• With the school opening its doors just last year, the aspiring Heartland Ranch National Junior Honor Society isn’t letting that stop them from trying to raise enough funds to attend a three-day trip to Washington, D.C., in June. Noting that the society is still maturing, Advisor Judith Arrants said, “This group is small. There’s not a lot of funds, but the students and parents have been wonderful.”
20 years ago
November 8, 1989 edition
• Veteran’s Day marks a time of reflection for some, a time of bitter memories for others. Most remember the destruction, the pain, and the fight for survival. Coolidge has more than its share of veterans from every branch of service as far back as World War I. From official sign painters to fighter pilots, our veterans add color to an otherwise schoolbook history.
• The extension of a 15-mile-per-hour zone on Northern Avenue from Arizona Boulevard to Fourth Street is just one of the items up for discussion at a workshop meeting of the Coolidge City Council to be held Nov. 9 (1989). The proposed extension was requested by Coolidge Unified School District, citing frequent problems and traffic congestion at the corner of Arizona Boulevard and Northern Avenue. A crosswalk at the corner has also been proposed.
• The Coolidge Examiner welcomes Charlene O’Brien to its writing staff. A graduating senior at the University of Arizona, O’Brien has lived in Arizona for eight years. She has been in journalism for seven of those eight years, working for the Sierra Vista Herald while in high school and continuing through college working as a freelance writer for various publications in the Tucson area.
30 years ago
November 8, 1979 edition
• Coolidge’s elementary and high school district would have been crippled last year if a California Proposition 13-type tax limitation had been in effect, the Coolidge Education Association says. In the Coolidge Unified District, estimated property taxes collected in 1978 amounted to $1,463,704.
• Changes in the remedial program are necessary, and teachers in fields such as mathematics and the sciences will be affected, the Coolidge Board of Education was told at its regular meeting Nov. 1, 1979.
• A program implemented just over 12 months ago designed to make punishment of juveniles cited for traffic violations more effective is receiving good reviews from area justices. Area juveniles cited for traffic violations began visiting justice courts in August 1978 in an attempt to make parents more responsible for their children and the courts more effective.
40 years ago
November 6, 1969 edition
• A two-day seminar will be held Nov. 10-11 at the Presbyterian Church, Education Building, Cottonwood Lane, Casa Grande. Subject of the seminar is “Fashion Trends and Techniques for fall.” Yvonne’s Designer Fabrics, Casa Grande, and the Pinal County Extension Service sponsor the program.
• Coming on the heels of State Representative Craig Davids’ charges of drugs in Coolidge and other parts of Pinal County, was the announcement yesterday by Sheriffs’ deputies of the discovery of a 40-pound cache of marijuana in the desert. Deputies said a burlap bag containing 20 individual kilo packages of marijuana had been found in the desert three miles off the Tucson highway, 10 miles southeast of Florence.
• Persons who are sons of appointed public officials in Pinal County, as well as persons who are sons of personnel at Central Arizona College, are known by police to be dope pushers, State Representative Craig Davids told the Coolidge Examiner Monday. Davids said police had given him this information on a number of occasions.
50 years ago
November 6, 1959 edition
• A joint meeting Wednesday of the city of Coolidge Park Commission and the Inter-club Park Beautification Committee was held at the Coolidge Chamber of Commerce with the following persons present: Sue Eyer, representing the Garden Club; Frances Laughlin, Junior Woman’s Club; Carl Moring, Lions Club; “Shorty” Unger, Rotary Club; City Manager Robert Briscoe; Mel Whitaker, park commission; “Chuck” McHugh, park commission and Kiwanis club; Art Mein, chairman of the park commission and Ancel Taylor.
• The Coolidge Salvation Army aided a total of 244 persons during fiscal 1958-59. Of this number, 99 were adults, 92 children and 53 were transients, according to Clayton Hakes, local chairman. Sixty of the adults and all 92 children were local residents.
• Coach Emery Link’s Coolidge High School Bears, for the first time this season, went into Thursday night’s football clash with the Florence Union High School Gophers as a favorite to win.
60 years ago
November 4, 1949 edition
• Casa Grande Cougars handed the Coolidge Bears their fourth consecutive loss Friday night 21-6. Casa Grande’s first score came in the second quarter when Griffith scored from the three on a sweep around right end. Lopez kicked the extra point. The play was set up by two successive fumbles, the Cougars recovering the second one on the Bears 24.
• Twenty-eight male inmates of the criminal ward at Arizona State Hospital annex north of Florence were moved to safety Wednesday night when fire destroyed the one-story frame building. Volunteer firemen from Florence, sheriff’s deputies and hospital attendants and officials fought the outbreak with equipment rushed from Florence, but the structure was partially destroyed before the blaze was extinguished after nine in an adjoining building caught fire. But officials had it out before extensive damage was done.
• “Home on the Range,” a living reproduction of Lon Megargee’s famous western painting, won first place for the American Legion and Auxiliary of William David Hood Post 54 in the third annual Jaycee Stampede parade. Second place in the float contest was won by the Coolidge Junior Woman’s Club and third prize went to Kenilworth School PTA.
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